It is a Grade II* listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient monument.

[4][5] It consists of six arches built of red sandstone with the piers being protected by cutwaters.

[6] On the northern side of the bridge, slightly downstream, is a World War II pillbox.

[7] Next to the bridge is Eckington Wharf, which is no longer used commercially but provides public moorings, a canoe launching slipway and picnic area.

[8][9] The bridge is the subject of a poem by Arthur Quiller-Couch,[10] and a picture from 1929 by Walter J.